JULY 2007 CONTENTSi
CONTENTS
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STS-118 MISSION OVERVIEW: BUILD THE STATION…BUILD THE FUTURE........................... 1TIMELINE OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................. 13MISSION PROFILE................................................................................................................... 17MISSION PRIORITIES............................................................................................................. 19MISSION PERSONNEL............................................................................................................. 21STS-118 ENDEAVOUR PROCESSING MILESTONES................................................................. 23STS-118 ENDEAVOUR CREW................................................................................................... 27PAYLOAD OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................. 37
STARBOARD 5 (S5) SHORT SPACER................................................................................................... 37EXTERNAL STOWAGE PLATFORM-3...................................................................................................... 39SPACEHAB’S LOGISTICS SINGLE MODULE........................................................................................... 41MOTION CONTROL SUBSYSTEM.......................................................................................................... 43STATION-TO-SHUTTLE POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM (SSPTS)............................................................... 44
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING.................................................................................................. 47
UNDOCKING, SEPARATION AND DEPARTURE....................................................................................... 50
SPACEWALKS......................................................................................................................... 53EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT PROJECT.......................................................................................... 61EXPERIMENTS......................................................................................................................... 67
DETAILED TEST OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................... 67SHORT-DURATION RESEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DURING STS-118/13A.1......................................... 68
SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE ADVANCED HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM........................ 75SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA.................................................................................................... 77